Improvement in bedsteads



MICHAEL LALLY, on EAST rALnsrrNE, onio.

i t, iMPRovEMENT IN `Broers/Ans.

Speciiication forming part of Letters'Pat'ent No. 115,485, dated May30,1871.

To all lwhom it may concern.-

Be itknown `that I, MICHAEL LALLY, of

East Palestine, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and usei i'ul Improvements in Bedsteads; and do herebydeclare thatthe following is a full, clear,- and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing makinga part ofthis specification, inwhich- Figure lisa perspective view-of a hedsteadcontaining my improvements; Fig. 2 1s a plan view of the same; Fig. 3 1s'a perspective view `of the center or binding slat; andFig. 4 is a likeview of the central portion of one of the `side rails.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the gures.

As usually constructed the side rails of a latter would increase`thedistance between them, and cause the slats to drop to the iloor.

In addition tothe above, the applicat-ion of suiiicient weight to thecenterof the slats to cause them to spring4 downward, would cause a,their bearing ends cooperate as inclined planes and force `outward theside rails.` To obviate these objections andV render certain therelative positions oi"J the side rails and slats is the `design of`myiinvention, which con sistsin the employment of a central slatprovided with laterally-projecting metal studs,

' `which engage with corresponding metal plates secured to or upon theside rails, substantially [as and for the purposehereinafter shown.

-v In the annexed drawing,'A and A represent the side rails of abedstead, connected toi gether at their ends bymeans ofthe head andi'oot rails B and C, respectively, and the posts D', all in the usualmanner. Resting within suitable recesses or notches e cut within theupper edge of a supporting-strip, E, that is secured to or upon theinnenface of each side rail, is a series of slats, F, to the center oneof which, F', upon its edges and near its ends, are secured four metalbars, G, having their outer ends g bent outward at a right angle to theline of said slat, so that when in place said angular ends or studsbear' against the inner face of said supporting-strip. Attached to orupon the inner face 'of each supportingt strip E at each sideof thecenter slat'is a metal plate, H, which, extending horizontally inwardagainst said slat, is provided with a recess or notch, b, that containsthe stud g, and holds said slat and the rails firmly in their relativehorizontal positions, and prevents the latter from spreading.

To disengage the slat it is only necessary to 'raise it until its endsand the studs g are released from their recesses, ai'terwhich thebedstead may Vbe taken apart in the usual manner. v y f @The devicesabove described are simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive,and can be easily applied' to any bedstead in which cross-slats areemployed.

` Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention,what I claim as new The center slat Fl provided with the studs g, incombination with the side rails A, and supporting-strips E provided withthe lockingplates H, substantially as and for the purpose specified. Y

y In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 2dday of May, 1871.

Witnesses:

NATHAN BALL, J. T. CHAMBERLIN.

MICHAEL LALLY.

